Using The Dell Diagnostics; Menu; Keys; Device Group - Dell Dimension L Series Reference And Troubleshooting Manual

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Using the Dell Diagnostics

The online Help in the Dell Diagnostics provides instructions on how to use the pro- Help in the Dell Diagnostics provides instructions on how to use the pro-
gram and explains each menu item, test group, subtest, and test and error result. To
enter the Help menu, perform the following steps:
1. Highlight Select Devices to Test in the DIAGNOSTICS MENU
2. Press <Enter>.
3. Press <H>.
The Help menu options are Menu, Keys, Device group, Device, Test, and Versions.
The online Help also provides detailed descriptions of the devices that you are testing.
The Help options are explained in the following subsections.

Menu

Menu describes the main menu screen area, the device groups, and the different
diagnostic menus and commands and provides instructions on how to use them.

Keys

Keys explains the functions of all the keystrokes that can be used in the Dell
Diagnostics.

Device Group

Device Group describes the test group that is presently highlighted in the Device
Groups list on the main menu screen. It also provides reasoning for using some
tests.

Device

Device is the educational section of the online Help. It describes the function and pur-
pose of the highlighted device in the Device Groups area. For example, the following
information appears when you select Device for Diskette in the Device Groups list:
Diskette drive A:
The diskette disk drive device reads and writes data to and from
diskettes. Diskettes are flexible recording media, sometimes
contained in hard shells. Diskette recording capacities are
small and access times are slow relative to hard disk drives,
but they provide a convenient means of storing and transferring
data.
AGNOSTICS MENU.
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